DOHA: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thanireceived a phone call from Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates' Affairs in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan HE Dr Ayman Safadi. During the call, they reviewed »»»

Burin, Palestinian Territories: As brightly coloured kites climb above Burin, a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, children race across a sun-baked hillside, watching their creations soar into the sky. Behind them, the red-roofed houses of Har Bracha, an Israeli settlement, over»»»

Israel’s military has confirmed that a viral photo showing a semi-naked and blindfolded Palestinian man bound to an iron rod is authentic. The photo triggered an uproar on social media, with rights groups arguing that the image corroborates years of testimony on torture inside Israeli detention fac»»»

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said Saturday that the ROAD to Housing Bill that she helped create, has passed without President Donald Trump's signature. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo July 11 (UPI) -- A housing bill passed by Congress became law at midnight Saturday when President »»»

Abu Dhabi: The Integrated National Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Programme (Jaheziya) has launched the unified and integrated national programme for community preparedness and response, "Community Readiness", with the aim of training and qualifying one million community responders from»»»

Sharjah: The Sharjah Department of Islamic Affairs has launched its 1448 AH / 2026 summer programmes under the theme "A Summer That Makes an Impact", as part of its vision to make the most of the summer holiday by investing in people, enriching young people's knowledge, and reinforcing Islamic valu»»»

Russian forces are seeking to cripple military supply lines in Ukrainian-controlled areas, researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries Alexander Dudchak tells Sputnik. "The goal is to make it harder to transport personnel, rotate units, and deliver ammunition and other supplies," Dudchak says. "It»»»

Egyptian Resorts Company has signed a long-term lease contract with KarmSolar for the establishment of a solar power plant at a cost of US$2.5 million, the company reported in the filling to the Exchange last week. The plant, whose production capacity would be not less than 2 Megawatt, is scheduled»»»

Washington: The Trump administration has subpoenaed several New York Times journalists after their report on security concerns involving the new Air Force One, according to the paper. The new jet, which President Donald Trump received as a gift from Qatar, entered service last week. The subpoenas i»»»

BAHA: Baha region is home to numerous historic villages with traditional stone houses nestled amid its mountainous landscape, as well as rural lodges that offer visitors unique tourism experiences combining scenic natural surroundings with the region’s rich cultural heritage. One of the region’s no»»»

TEHRAN: Iran's leadership has vowed revenge for the killing of ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two days after the country's former supreme leader was buried following his assassination earlier this year. "Revenge is the demand of our people and must certainly be carried out," said a statement attributed to»»»

The driver of the truck involved in Friday's crash on the Trakia Motorway near Karnobat has been detained for up to 72 hours under an order issued by the Burgas District Prosecutor’s Office, the prosecution service said here on Saturday. The driver, identified by the initials A.I., has been charged»»»

PARIS: The Eiffel Tower in Paris announced on its official website on Saturday that it will close at 4 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Saturday and Sunday due to soaring temperatures, instead of its regular closing time of 0045 a.m. (2245 GMT) the following day. The Louvre Museum and the Orsay Museum in Paris h»»»

HAYTOR, England: A 26-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murdering former British government minister Ann Widdecombe has been released and is no longer part of the investigation, police said on Saturday. The man, a white British national, was arrested in Newton Abbot, a town about 9 miles (15 km»»»

British authorities have released and deported to Bulgaria two Bulgarian nationals convicted of spying for Russia after they completed the mandatory half of their prison sentences, according to British and Bulgarian media reports. The two, Ivan Stoyanov and Vanya Gaberova, were among six Bulgarians»»»

Damascus: Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs HE Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Saleh Al Khulaifi met with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Syrian Arab Republic HE Asaad Al-Shaibani in Damascus on Saturday. The meeting reviewed cooperation relations between the tw»»»

ISTANBUL: Turkiye’s government pressed on with its campaign against the main opposition CHP on Saturday with dozens of arrests targeting a district in the capital Ankara that is run by the party. Some 27 people were arrested in early-morning raids in Cankaya, out of a total of 36 named in a warrant»»»

NAIROBI/KINSHASA: An Ebola training facility set up by Doctors Without Borders in Kenya is a chance for health workers to prepare for one of the most complex emergencies they are ever likely to face. The outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the fastest growing ever, according to Africa»»»

LOS ANGELES: England lock horns with Norway in a World Cup quarter-final in Miami on Saturday that pits Harry Kane against Erling Haaland in a mouthwatering battle of elite strikers. The teams are competing to face either reigning champions Argentina or surprise package Switzerland in the semifinal»»»

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader on Saturday vowed revenge for the US-Israeli killing of his father and predecessor, hours after President Donald Trump warned against any attempt to assassinate him. Both sides dialled up the rhetoric after exchanges of fire this week rocked an interim agreement aimed »»»

Geneva, Switzerland, 11 July 2026: The Global Alliance for AI Ethics, a pioneering international initiative hosted by Qatar Foundation member Hamad Bin Khalifa University, has been launched on the sidelines of the inaugural United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland. Sup»»»

In most companies, packaging is owned twice and governed once. Marketing owns how it looks. Operations owns what it costs. The specification, which is the only document that determines whether the finished box resembles either intention, tends to belong to nobody at all. This is why packaging failu»»»

Doha, Qatar: The Amir HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of condolence to the Amir of the State of Kuwait HH Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on the passing of Sheikh Ali Hamoud Al-Salman Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah.»»»

BEIRUT: A US military delegation has met with Lebanon’s army in Beirut to discuss the implementation of Israel’s withdrawal from one of the “pilot zones” in occupied territory, a Lebanese military official told AFP on Saturday.Under a framework agreement reached on June 26, Israel will gradually wi»»»

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Saturday dismissed Volodymyr Zelensky's claims of air defense problems, telling Sputnik that "nothing will help him." "Nothing will help him. He is like a tick that has latched onto the body of the Ukrainian people and canno»»»

Minister of Youth and Sports Encho Keryazov visited the Belmeken Hhigh-altitude sports training center in the Rila Mountain (Southwest Bulgaria), where he inspected the training conditions for Bulgaria's national badminton athletes and reviewed the operations of the facility. During the visit, disc»»»

London, July 11 (SANA) The Economist has affirmed that Syria, under the leadership of President Ahmad al-Sharaa, is pressing ahead with a determined campaign to halt the flow of Captagon across its borders and dismantle the drug empire left behind by the ousted regime—described as another dark lega»»»

The US is demanding that Iran publicly declare the strategic Strait of Hormuz fully reopened to navigation and pledge not to attack tankers transiting the waterway, which carries around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG trade, several news outlets reported on Friday. The US and Iran hav»»»

TUNIS, July 11 (TAP) – The Tunis Court of Appeal upheld the first-instance ruling against three former officials of the Tunisian Company of Petroleum Activities (ETAP), while reducing the prison sentences handed down to two of them.Contrary to what...»»»

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman on Saturday issued a series of royal decrees that included ministerial appointments and senior government reshuffles, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Under the decrees, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman was appointed minister of industry and mineral resources while ret»»»

The Indian government is exploring a common set of guidelines for messaging platforms in India after raising concerns over WhatsApp’s planned username feature, according to media reports. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is exploring a uniform regulatory framework that would a»»»

The acting Secretary General of the Interior Ministry, Chief Commissioner Lyubomir Nikolov, has ordered the immediate implementation of enhanced control measures nationwide targeting heavy-duty truck traffic. The General Directorates of National Police and Border Police, the Sofia Regional Police D»»»

BAMAKO: Mali and Algeria reopened their airspace and reinstated their ambassadors, ending a diplomatic rift that started over a year ago after Algeria shot down a Malian armed drone near the shared border. Mali’s military junta said in a statement late Friday it would restore the Algerian ambassado»»»

Dubai: If you've driven into City Walk recently, you may have noticed something missing: the boom barrier. Dubai's popular retail and lifestyle destination has rolled out a barrierless paid parking system, developed in partnership with Parkin, the emirate's largest public parking operator. The move»»»

Saudi authorities arrested 15,430 people in one week for breaching residency, work and border security regulation. A total of 7,913 people were arrested for violations of residency laws, while 4,037 were held over illegal border crossing attempts, and a further 3,480 for labor-related issues. The r»»»

Gaza: The death toll from the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 73,221, in addition to 173,643 injured. The Gaza Health Ministry said that the Strip's hospitals received seven bodies and 28 injured over the past 48-hours. It noted that the total n»»»

What, exactly, was President Tamás Sulyok’s son, Márton Sulyok, doing aboard the Hungarian Defence Forces’ Falcon aircraft during the President’s 12-day tour of the United States, despite not officially being part of the presidential delegation? The question was raised by Prime Minister Péter Magya»»»

Group strikes on military-industrial complex facilities in Kiev and maritime port infrastructure in the Odessa region have proved the capabilities of the Russian Armed Forces to strike any targets throughout Ukraine, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. "An analysis of the results of the Russian A»»»

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, issued a defiant message during the funeral of his father, the martyred Supreme Leader Imam sayyed Ali Khamenei, declaring that “revenge is the people’s demand and will certainly be carried out.” In his statement, Ayatollah sayyed Mo»»»

Madrid: Atletico Madrid announced Saturday the signing of Danish international defensive midfielder Morten Hjulmand from Sporting Lisbon. The 27-year-old has joined the 2020/21 La Liga champions on a contract that will run until 2031. In a statement on their website, Atletico praised the Dane's "ph»»»

GAZA: Head of the Saudi Center for Culture and Heritage Issam Abu Khalil recently met with a delegation of Palestinian families and tribal leaders at the center’s headquarters in the Gaza Strip. The delegation praised the Kingdom’s humanitarian and relief efforts in Gaza through its aid agency, KSr»»»

RIYADH: The Saudi aid agency KSrelief recently distributed 2,750 cartons of dates to vulnerable people in the Syrian Arab Republic, benefiting thousands of families. The agency also distributed 24,500 hot meals in the central and southern Gaza Strip, benefiting 24,500 individuals in need. In Nigeri»»»

KUT: Hundreds of residents of an eastern Iraqi city protested on Saturday against power cuts during extreme summer heat, an AFP correspondent said. Temperatures in the city of Kut have peaked at 44C, with residents organizing protests to urge authorities to boost electricity supply. Decades of war »»»

PARIS: The operator of the Eiffel Tower said the latticed-steel Paris monument would “exceptionally close” early over the weekend at 4 p.m. (1400 GMT), as France was gripped by a third heatwave since May. “Due to the high temperatures forecast, the Eiffel Tower will be adjusting its operations” on »»»

The National Convention of Democrats for a Strong Bulgaria (DSB) will take place on Saturday at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia, the forum's organizing committee said. Delegates will elect a party chair, national leadership and governing bodies, and will set the party's priorities for the n»»»

The Royal Commission for AlUla has launched the Khayrat AlUla agricultural season to strengthen AlUla’s agricultural sector, improve production efficiency, and empower farmers in support of the governorate’s sustainable development goals. The season builds on the commission’s efforts to create a mo»»»

Keelung: Nearly two million people have fled their homes in China as an approaching typhoon lashed northern Taiwan and Japan's remote southwestern islands on Saturday, toppling trees and leaving tens of thousands without power. Extreme weather has already wreaked havoc on southern and central China»»»

Three members of a family were found dead at their home in Bengaluru's Kottigepalya area on Saturday morning, while the man suspected of the killings was later found dead in an apparent suicide, according to local media reports. The incident took place near the Ayyappa Temple under the jurisdiction»»»

TURMUS AYYA: US Democratic lawmaker Ro Khanna said he was detained by Israeli settlers armed with US-made rifles during a West Bank visit this week that he ​cast as an unfiltered look at the human toll of Israeli occupation as he weighs a 2028 presidential run. Speaking with Reuters on Thursday in »»»

How a National Brand Growth Hub Could Transform Local Innovation into a Multi-Billion-Dollar Export Economy Egypt’s fast-growing local brand movement is no longer a marginal retail trend. It is becoming a serious economic opportunity that could reshape domestic manufacturing, digital commerce and v»»»